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package org.sindice.rdfcommons.converter;

/**
 * Defines the location of the parsing process for an <i>XML</i> parser.
 *
 * @author Michele Mostarda (mostarda@fbk.eu)
 */
public interface XMLLocation {

    public static final String PATH_SEPARATOR = "/";

    /**
     * @return the current parsing row.
     */
    int row();

    /**
     * @return the current parsing column.
     */
    int col();

    /**
     * @return the scan path, expressed as a sequence of node names separated by {#PATH_SEPARATOR}.
     */
    String path();

}
